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Last year, the British Film Institute released its decennial list of The Greatest Films of All Time<\/a>, as decided by a survey of over 1,600 critics and scholars. This year, as something of a New Years Resolution, I’m going to try to watch all 100 of these movies, and write a little bit about each one. Not for any real reason; it just seems like a productive exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only rules: I’ll shoot for a couple of movies a week, more or less in order (depending on my own schedule and ability to find each film). That’s all! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the BFI’s full list and links to my reviews below. Thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greatest Films of All Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(As compiled by the British Film Institute and reviewed by me<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. (Tied for 95th) Get Out (2017)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. (Tied for 95th) The General (1926)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. (Tied for 95th) Black Girl (1966)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. (Tied for 95th) Tropical Malady (2004)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. (Tied for 95th) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. (Tied for 95th) A Man Escaped (1956)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. (Tied for 90th) The Earrings of Madame de\u2026 (1953)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. (Tied for 90th) The Leopard (1963)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. (Tied for 90th) Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. (Tied for 90th) Yi Yi (2000)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. (Tied for 90th) Parasite (2019)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. (Tied for 88th) Chungking Express (1994)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. (Tied for 88th) The Shining (1980)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. (Tied for 84th) Histoire(s) du Cin\u00e9ma (1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. (Tied for 84th) Pierrot le Fou (1965)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. (Tied for 84th) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. (Tied for 84th) Blue Velvet (1986)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. (Tied for 78th) C\u00e9line and Julie Go Boating (1974)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. (Tied for 78th) A Matter of Life and Death (1946)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. (Tied for 78th) Modern Times (1936)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. (Tied for 78th) A Brighter Summer Day (1991)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. (Tied for 78th) S\u00e1t\u00e1ntang\u00f3 (1994)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. (Tied for 78th) Sunset Boulevard (1950)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. (Tied for 75th) Sansho the Bailiff (1954)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. (Tied for 75th) Imitation of Life (1959)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. (Tied for 75th) Spirited Away (2001)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. (Tied for 72nd) My Neighbor Totoro (1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. (Tied for 72nd) Journey to Italy (1954)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. (Tied for 72nd) L\u2019Avventura (1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. (Tied for 67th) Metropolis (1927)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. (Tied for 67th) The Gleaners and I (2000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. (Tied for 67th) The Red Shoes (1948)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. (Tied for 67th) La Jet\u00e9e (1962)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. (Tied for 67th) Andrei Rublev (1966)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Touki Bouki (1973)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. (Tied for 63rd) Casablanca (1942)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. (Tied for 63rd) The Third Man (1949)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. (Tied for 63rd) Goodfellas (1990)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. (Tied for 60th) Daughters of the Dust (1991)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. (Tied for 60th) Moonlight (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. (Tied for 60th) La Dolce Vita (1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Sans Soleil (1983)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. (Tied for 54th) Sherlock Jr. (1924)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. (Tied for 54th) The Apartment (1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. (Tied for 54th) Battleship Potemkin (1925)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. (Tied for 54th) Blade Runner (1982)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. (Tied for 54th) Contempt (1963)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. (Tied for 52nd) News From Home (1977)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. (Tied for 52nd) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. (Tied for 50th) The Piano (1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. (Tied for 50th) The 400 Blows (1959)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. (Tied for 48th) Wanda (1970)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. (Tied for 48th) Ordet (1955)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. (Tied for 45th) North by Northwest (1959)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. (Tied for 45th) The Battle of Algiers (1966)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. (Tied for 45th) Barry Lyndon (1975)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  57. (Tied for 43rd) Killer of Sheep (1978)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  58. (Tied for 43rd) Stalker (1979)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  59. (Tied for 41st) Rashomon (1950)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  60. (Tied for 41st) Bicycle Thieves (1948)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  61. (Tied for 38th) Rear Window (1954)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  62. (Tied for 38th) Some Like It Hot (1959)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  63. (Tied for 38th) Breathless (1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  64. (Tied for 36th) M (1931)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  65. (Tied for 36th) City Lights (1931)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  66. Panther Panchali (1955)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  67. L\u2019Atalante (1934)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  68. (Tied for 31st) Psycho (1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  69. (Tied for 31st) Mirror (1975)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  70. (Tied for 31st) 8 1\/2 (1963)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  71. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  72. Taxi Driver (1976)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  73. Daisies (1966)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  74. Shoah (1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  75. (Tied for 25th) The Night of the Hunter (1955)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  76. (Tied for 25th) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  77. Do the Right Thing (1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  78. Playtime (1967)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  79. (Tied for 21st) Late Spring (1949)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  80. (Tied for 21st) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  81. Seven Samurai (1954)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  82. Apocalypse Now (1979)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  83. Persona (1966)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  84. Close-Up (1990)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  85. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  86. The Searchers (1956)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  87. Cl\u00e9o From 5 to 7 (1962)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  88. The Rules of the Game (1939)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  89. The Godfather (1972)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  90. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  91. Singin\u2019 in the Rain (1952)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  92. Man With a Movie Camera (1929)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  93. Mulholland Drive (2001)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  94. Beau Travail (1999)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  95. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  96. In the Mood for Love (2000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  97. Tokyo Story (1953)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  98. Citizen Kane (1941)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  99. Vertigo (1958)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  100. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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